Blacking-box



(No Model.)

i H. P. STIGHTER.

BLAGKIIYNG BOX;

No. 244,334. Patented Jul 121881;

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

HENRY P. STIGHTER, OF POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BLACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,334, dated July 12, 1881.

Application filed November 30, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY P. STrcn'rER, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Blacking-Box, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to boxes for holding boot and shoe blacking, and the object of it is to provide a box having rounded or partlyrounded bottom, and provided with a suitable tablet for distributing and mixing the blackmg.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are plan views of myinvention, and Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views of the same.

A is the receptacle for the blocking, and B is the distributing or mixing tablet.

In Figs. 1 and 3 is shown a box having a completely-rounded bottom, while in Figs. 2 and 4 the bottom is shown only partially rounded. The object of this form of construction in the bottoms is to prevent the waste of blacking, which is considerable in ordinary boxes having fiat bottoms.

In the ordinary boxes a great part of the blacking is not used, owing to the trouble and diflicnlty of getting at the corners of the box with a blacking-brush. In my box there are no corners, and every particle of the blackin g can be used.

The tablet in connection with the box is used for mixing and distributing the blackin g evenly and thoroughly 011 the brush.

The box and tablet may be struck up with dies out of a single piece of metal. I encircle the box and tablet with a rim, G, and provide a lid, (not shown in the drawings,) which may either cover the whole device or the blackingreceptacle alone.

My invention forms a neat, cleanly, and con- 4 venient blacking-box, enabling the user thereof to use up all the blacking in the receptacle without inconvenience or trouble, and providin g the tablet for evenly distributing the blacking on the brush.

What I claim is- The combination, in a blacking-box, of the blocking-receptacle A and distributing-tablet B, together with the strengthening rim or band C, substantially as shown and set forth.

HENRY P. STIOHTER.

NVitnesses:

J. K. FERNSLER, JOSEPH BOWEN. 

